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Effects Of Dietary Supplementation Of Probiotics (Bacillus Subtilis, Bacillus Licheniformis, And Bacillus Natto) On Broiler Muscle Development And Meat Quality, Xianjian Zhou, Erhui Jin, Shenghe Li, Chenfang Wang, Enmei Qiao, Guozhong Wu

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This paper aims to evaluate the effects of probiotics (Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, and Bacillus natto) on muscle development and meat quality of broilers. In this study, 480 broilers (1 day old) were randomly divided into 4 groups. Group A was fed with a basal diet. The basal diets of Group B, Group C, and Group D were respectively supplemented with 50 mg/kg chlortetracycline, 200 mg/kg probiotics, and 400 mg/kg probiotics. On day 21 and day 42, in each group, 18 randomly selected broilers were tested to determine muscle performances. On day 21, compared with Group A, Group C and …